In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Something's tearing me down and down
And I can't help but feel it's coming from you
She's a gunshot bride as the trigger cries
I just wonder what we've gotten ourselves into
In a trail of fire I know we will be free again
In the end we will be one
In a trail of fire I'll burn before you bury me
Set your sights for the sun
Mind is willing, soul remains
This woman cannot be saved
From the draw into the fire
Mind is willing, soul remains
This woman cannot be saved
From the draw into the fire
Anything to bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Much to weak to jump yourself
Heal the wounds or crack the shell
Lift yourself from once below
Much to weak to jump yourself
Heal the wounds or crack the shell
Lift yourself from once below
Praise the anger bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
In a trail of fire I know we will be free again
In the end we will be one
In a trail of fire I'll burn before you bury me
Set your sights for the sun
Bring it on home
And I can't help but feel it's coming from you
She's a gunshot bride as the trigger cries
I just wonder what we've gotten ourselves into
In a trail of fire I know we will be free again
In the end we will be one
In a trail of fire I'll burn before you bury me
Set your sights for the sun
Mind is willing, soul remains
This woman cannot be saved
From the draw into the fire
Mind is willing, soul remains
This woman cannot be saved
From the draw into the fire
Anything to bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Much to weak to jump yourself
Heal the wounds or crack the shell
Lift yourself from once below
Much to weak to jump yourself
Heal the wounds or crack the shell
Lift yourself from once below
Praise the anger bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
Bring it on home
In a trail of fire I know we will be free again
In the end we will be one
In a trail of fire I'll burn before you bury me
Set your sights for the sun
Bring it on home
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As some of you have mentioned before, yeah, this song is about the religious cult Heaven's Gate. The evidence is in the video, where you can see they have "Away Team" (Star Trek reference) bands. This religious cult commit mass suicide May 1997. The cult did in fact have a survivor just as in the video, who later on informed the media about his experience. They didn't die in a shack, though, they rented out a mansion before their suicide.
The beginning, "Something's tearing me down" and "I just wonder what we've gotten ourselves into" are the feelings of apprehension and anxiety the survivor feels before he's about to take his own life. While I don't get the fire references, the "I'll burn before you bury me" symbolizes the cult's beliefs that the earth will renew itself by rejuvenating after an apocalypse, and that to avoid this, the cult must evacuate Earth the only way possible: by leaving their bodies to join other extraterrestrial beings through suicide. Their times of death were around the time when the Hale-Bopp comet passed Earth in 1997, since their cult leader Marshall Applewhite believed that escaping the world then would allow them to climb aboard the spaceship he claimed was following the comet. "Mind is willing/Soul remains" shows yet again the survivor's tension, as his religious beliefs wanted him to suicide, but his gut/body/soul doesn't think it's such a good idea.
The rest, I'm not really sure of. "Flesh too weak to jump yourself" could also relate to the cult's belief that their bodies were just weak vessel that were caught in this terrible world, and that their suicide could turn them into transhuman "Next Level" beings. I don't really know why this song's called "Propane Nightmares," but my guess is that it has something to do with Robert Leon Nichols, formerly in the band Grateful Dead, who also committed suicide in the same manner, only this time he used propane to kill himself rather than phenobarbital. It's just a guess, but the propane would explain all the fire references.
@failtopale i know this was a long time ago but to clear up some things, the whole fire thing is in relation to the comet they thought they where going to be joining, the "trail of fire" relating to the trail left behind the comet. so "in the trail of fire I know we will be free again" is they thought ultimate freedom was existing as one in this trail behind the comet, "in the trail of fire I'll burn before you bury me" is "before you can bury my body after my suicide I will already be burning as a part of the comet's trail"
@failtopale I know this is a V E E E R Y old comment to reply to, but I have the answer for the lyrics you're confused about:<br /> <br /> "In the trail of fire" refers to the cults belief that they would get to The next Level by riding the tail of the Hale-Bop Comet, the trail of fire. <br /> <br /> "I'll burn before you bury me" shows that the survivor was not unwilling to go through with the ritual suicide as they were determined to travel on the comet. The survivor themselves IRL stayed behind as per Marshall Applewhite's wishes in order to room the Heaven's Gate website which is still running to this day.<br /> The song isn't actually about an unwillingness to go through with it, but the regret in being unable to due to their leader's wishes.<br /> <br /> And leading to "Flesh too weak to jump yourself" which is a literally interpreted lyric, you can't jump to the comet, but by freeing your soul from your "Vehicle" as the cult liked to call their corporeal bodies, your soul could reach the comet's trail.<br /> <br /> I had no idea what this song was about until I saw your comment, but I know a decent amount Heaven's Gate in order to contribute so I'm glad my first post on here is useful haha.
Does anyone else think of "Inspector Gadget" when listening to the repeating electro part? Example, right after the words "set your sights for the sun". I wanna dance to it all weird everytime. :)
haha i only just heard that!!
@Admiral Thumper not really if I'm honest. to me it sounds like a faster version of that riff from Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
"from th drowning to the fire"
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Not sure about the lyrics, but I definitely know the music vid is based on the UFO-like suicide cult of 'Heaven's Gate'. This was a small suicide cult ending over 10 years ago that believed the earth was about to be 'recycled' or in other words, completely wiped and started again. And the only way to escape this is to leave their earthly bodies behind and join with a spacecraft to a paradise 'beyond human level'.
They believed that the spacecraft was behind a comet flying around in the solar system, and thus around 39 members killed themselves when the comet was at its closest to the earth so they can go to the 'next level' of being a humanless, genderless soul.
This cult links to the video because of the similarities between the suicides. Heaven's Gate members before killing themselves cleansed themselves of impurities by drinking citric juices, similar to what happens in the video, where on the table there are glasses, lemons, etc.
Most importantly though when the two members are running away, a dark shadow is cast the area and they see ghost like figures raising from the building which fly into the sky. This is suggesting they have completed the suicide and they are flying to the spacecraft where they are being taken to the next level as genderless souls.
When they are running away and are met by those thugs, it looks like he starts to regret his decision of not leaving this planet.
Being called 'Heaven's Gate' probably suggests they had some form of Christian beliefs, hence the church building and clothing. Add in some dramatic bits, and you have a music video :) Hope you enjoyed reading.
Pretty sure the lyrics are "Raise the anchor, bring it on home" not "Praise the anger". It makes sense in the context of the song.
Listen here: youtu.be/GDCEH1BcJpk
The song title is likely a reference to the song "Gasoline Dreams" by Outkast (off Stankonia)
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The lyric in the refrain is "From the drowning, to the fire"
The other part "Flesh too weak to something something" is unclear to me, but I am fairly certain nobody in this thread got it right. It's definitely not "jump yourself", I looked at the waveform in Ableton and I can confidently say that's NOT it. I really wish I could just ask Rob.
i think this is a brilliant song, i couldnt make a good assumption on the subject of the lyrics at all, but i think the song is incredible, the video is very good aswell
This song is about the heavens gate cult, mainly about the mass suicide of the cult if you haven't already known that, that's wat the videos about. And then 2 people decide they don't wana kill themselves so they escape and leave the cult. Search up propane nightmares or heavens gate and u'll find out. The cult thought they would kill themselves and their souls would jump onto this spaceship and take them to a better life
Definately what carlo6 said. The music video is exactly that. But it's one of my favorites so that makes it even better.<br />
Barely getting into Pendulum atm, and this is most definitely my favorite song I've heard so far.
Almost sounds like someone is trying to save a woman from a bad lifestyle situation. Not entirely sure though.
And is it just me, or does the intro remind anyone else of Danger Mouse? Anyone? Just me?
yeah i'm going to go with hurrellmaster on that one. figures. i was really depressed because my girl was making some bad decisions around the time i first heard this song. it kinda touched me. yeah i think that is whats going on. that or a romeo and juliet sort of thing, you know, shes bad for him, but hes in love.